ny

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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ny

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Chichewa.

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Verb[edit]

ny

  1. Obsolete spelling of nigh

Anagrams[edit]

Avokaya[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

ny (uppercase Ny)

  1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

Cornish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • nyns (used before forms of bos that start with a vowel)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /nɪ/

Particle[edit]

ny

  1. not

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /niː/, /nəɪ/

Pronoun[edit]

ny

  1. we
  2. us

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Danish ny, from Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (new).

Adjective[edit]

ny (neuter nyt, plural and definite singular attributive ny or nye, comparative nyere, superlative (predicative) nyest, superlative (attributive) nyeste)

  1. new
  2. fresh
  3. recent
  4. novel
  5. other
  6. different
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse .

Noun[edit]

ny n (singular definite nyet, not used in plural form)

  1. new moon, waxing moon
Antonyms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

From Ancient Greek Ν (N), ν (n).

Noun[edit]

ny n (singular definite nyet, plural indefinite nyer)

  1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν
Inflection[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈɲ]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛɲː]

Letter[edit]

ny (lower case, upper case Ny)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called enny and written in the Latin script.

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ny ny-ek
accusative ny-et ny-eket
dative ny-nek ny-eknek
instrumental ny-nyel ny-ekkel
causal-final ny-ért ny-ekért
translative ny-nyé ny-ekké
terminative ny-ig ny-ekig
essive-formal ny-ként ny-ekként
essive-modal
inessive ny-ben ny-ekben
superessive ny-en ny-eken
adessive ny-nél ny-eknél
illative ny-be ny-ekbe
sublative ny-re ny-ekre
allative ny-hez ny-ekhez
elative ny-ből ny-ekből
delative ny-ről ny-ekről
ablative ny-től ny-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
ny-é ny-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
ny-éi ny-ekéi
Possessive forms of ny
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ny-em ny-eim
2nd person sing. ny-ed ny-eid
3rd person sing. ny-e ny-ei
1st person plural ny-ünk ny-eink
2nd person plural ny-etek ny-eitek
3rd person plural ny-ük ny-eik

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • ny in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Malagasy[edit]

Article[edit]

ny

  1. the (definite article)

Manx[edit]

Article[edit]

ny

  1. genitive singular feminine of yn
    Purt ny h-InsheyPeel (lit. Port of the Island)
  2. nominative plural of yn
    ny h-einthe birds
  3. genitive plural of yn
    laa jeh ny laaghynone of the days

Usage notes[edit]

Prefixes h- to words beginning with vowels.

Conjunction[edit]

ny

  1. ‘or’

Middle English[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ny

  1. Alternative form of ne

Conjunction[edit]

ny

  1. Alternative form of ne

Middle French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French ne, from Latin nec.

Conjunction[edit]

ny

  1. neither; nor
Usage notes[edit]
  • Chiefly used at least twice in the same sentence, such as ny riche, ny pouvreneither rich nor poor.
Descendants[edit]
  • French: ni

Etymology 2[edit]

See n'y

Contraction[edit]

ny

  1. manuscript form of n'y

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (new).

Adjective[edit]

ny (neuter singular nytt, definite singular and plural nye, comparative nyere, superlative nyest or nyeste)

  1. new (recently made or created)

Derived terms[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (new). Cognates include Latin novus, Ancient Greek νέος (néos), and English new. The noun is derived from the adjective.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ny (masculine and feminine ny, neuter singular nytt, definite singular and plural nye, comparative nyare, superlative nyast or nyaste)

  1. new (recently made or created)

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

ny n (definite singular nyet, indefinite plural ny, definite plural nya)

  1. a lunar phase of a new moon, i.e. a period of time in which the moon is waxing
    Antonym: ne

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Old Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (new).

Adjective[edit]

ny

  1. new

Descendants[edit]

  • Danish: ny

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῦ (), from Phoenician 𐤍 (n‬ /⁠nūn⁠/).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nɨ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Syllabification: ny

Noun[edit]

ny n (indeclinable)

  1. nu (Greek letter Ν, ν)

Further reading[edit]

  • ny in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈni/ [ˈni]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: ny

Noun[edit]

ny f (plural nys)

  1. nu; the Greek letter Ν, ν
    Synonym: ni

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse nýr, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (new).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nyː/
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

ny (comparative nyare, superlative nyast)

  1. new

Declension[edit]

Inflection of ny
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ny nyare nyast
Neuter singular nytt nyare nyast
Plural nya nyare nyast
Masculine plural3 nye nyare nyast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 nye nyare nyaste
All nya nyare nyaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Vilamovian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ny

  1. no